hebdomada
See also: hebdómada
Latin
Alternative forms
- ebdomada
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “the number seven”) (genitive ἑβδομάδος (hebdomádos)), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”).
Noun
hebdomada f (genitive hebdomadae); first declension
- the number seven
- a group of seven things
- a week (from one Sabbath to the next)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hebdomada | hebdomadae |
| Genitive | hebdomadae | hebdomadārum |
| Dative | hebdomadae | hebdomadīs |
| Accusative | hebdomadam | hebdomadās |
| Ablative | hebdomadā | hebdomadīs |
| Vocative | hebdomada | hebdomadae |
Descendants
See also hebdomas.
- Asturian: domada
- Old French: domée
- Old Portuguese: domaa
- Galician: domá
- Old Italian: domada
- Piedmontese: demuda
References
- “hebdomada”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hebdomada in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hebdomada in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hebdomas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 395
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “hebdomada”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 302